BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard SMART representatives to be at chamber forum ROSEBURG - Representatives from the Start Making A Reader Today Program in Douglas County Douglas County is the name of twelve counties in the United States:
Leanne Reynolds will discuss the early literacy program that helps kindergarten through third-grade students learn to read. The program is designed for volunteers to spend an hour a week during the school year with two children for 30 minutes each. Children in the program receive free books each month to keep and read with their families. The forum will be at noon at the Holiday Inn Express, 375 W. Harvard in Roseburg. Cost is $8 for the no-host buffet luncheon. For more information, call (541) 672-2648, Ext. 22. Free satellite seminars to be held at LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. The Sigma Zeta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Phi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK (see usage note), is the international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs, particularly community colleges and junior colleges. is sponsoring five satellite seminars at Lane Community College, 4000 E. 30th Ave. The hour-long seminars are free and will begin at 4:30 p.m. Seminars will be held: Tuesday - Forum Building, Room 309. Dr. Arnold Relman will present "America's Health Care System: How Good Is It and How Is It Changing?" Oct. 14 - Board Room, Building 3. Dr. Vicki Lachman will present "The Ethical Frontiers of Biomedicine biomedicine /bio·med·i·cine/ (bi?o-med´i-sin) clinical medicine based on the principles of the natural sciences (biology, biochemistry, etc.).biomed´ical bi·o·med·i·cine n. 1. ." Oct. 28 - Board Room, Building 3. Dr. Diann Uustal will present "Keeping Our Promises: Improving Care at the End of Life." Nov. 4 - Board Room, Building 3. Dr. Wayne Giles will present "The Sociological Barriers to Health Care." Nov. 18 - Board Room, Building 3. Dr. Billy Martin and Robert Stutman will present "Heads vs. Feds: The Great Debate." Dean supporters join national effort Lane County for Dean will meet Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Monroe Middle School Monroe Middle School, or Monroe Middle, is located at 5105 Bedford Avenue in the Benson community of Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1926, Monroe is one of the oldest middle school buildings in Omaha, and in 1956 it became the first junior high school in the Omaha school , 2800 Bailey Lane. The local group will join Dean supporters across the country meeting to write letters to Congress, governors, local officials and Democratic Party leaders, asking for support for the presidential candidacy of Vermont Gov. Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. . For more information, call (802) 651-3200 or visit www.DeanForAmerica.com. Two events cover issues of domestic violence Two events in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month will be held this week at First United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church is a common name for the first United Methodist church established in a particular locality. Many First United Methodist Churches exist around the world. , 1376 Olive St. The Oregon Silent Witness Exhibit will be featured from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in conjunction with the Lane County Domestic Violence Council meeting. The event will include a presentation about the exhibit's creation, a candle lighting representing women who were murdered in Lane County and a reception. A training session, "Domestic Violence - What You Can Do!" will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. A domestic violence/sexual assault providers fair, featuring local services and options, will follow from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 485-8232. Fire, medic medic: see alfalfa. services sponsor free CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac class A free CPR class will be offered from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Columbia Room at the Valley River Inn, 1000 Valley River Way. Sponsored by Medic First Aid, Springfield Fire and Safety and the Eugene Fire and EMS Department, the class will provide training in CPR and in the use of a defibrillator defibrillator, device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart in order to stop certain forms of rapid heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). The shock changes a fibrillation to an organized rhythm or changes a very rapid and ineffective cardiac rhythm to a . To register, call FireMed at 726-3636. Crest Heights Park to be discussed Crest Drive neighbors are invited to discuss the management of Crest Heights Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Crest Drive Elementary School elementary school: see school. . Community members of all ages are encouraged to participate. For more information, call Philip Richardson Sir Philip Wigham Richardson, 1st Baronet (January 26, 1865 - November 23, 1953) was a British sport shooter and Conservative politician. Richardson competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. at 682-4906. Homemade pumpkin pies to be order of the day LORANE - Volunteers with the Lorane Senior Meals Program will bake homemade pumpkin pies the week before Thanksgiving. Orders are being placed now for pickup beginning Nov. 19. Pies are $5 each. Call 942-8645 for more information. Officer installations The newly elected officers for the City Club of Eugene include Carolyn Kranzler, president; Dan Bryant, past president; AdellMcMillan, president-elect; Roxanne Wilkins, secretary; and Jeffrey Kirtner, treasurer. New board of directors include Tammam Adi, Jon Belcher, Michelle Emmons, Gil James, Matteo Luccio, Sandy Reul and Majeska Seese-Green. For more information about the City Club of Eugene, visit its Web site at www.cityclub ofeugene.org. |
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